Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand

Boktai: The Sun Is in Your Hand
European cover art
DeveloperKonami Computer Entertainment Japan
PublisherKonami
DirectorIkuya Nakamura
ProducerHideo Kojima
WriterIkuya Nakamura
ComposersKazuki Muraoka
Masashi Watanabe
Norihiko Hibino
Shuichi Kobori
PlatformGame Boy Advance
Release
  • JP: July 17, 2003
  • NA: September 16, 2003
  • EU: May 14, 2004
  • AU: May 28, 2004
GenreAction role-playing
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Boktai: The Sun is in Your Hand is an action-adventure role-playing video game released by Konami for the Game Boy Advance in 2003, and the first game in the Boktai series. The player takes the role of Django, a vampire hunter, who uses a weapon called the "Gun Del Sol" (Solar Gun), that fires bolts of sunlight at enemies. The game made novel use of a light sensor on the cartridge which encouraged playing parts of the game in direct sunlight. The game was produced and designed by Hideo Kojima.